JOE FOLLICK, Gainesville Sun
- There is nothing unusual about Republican Clarence McKee’s criticism of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
“He’s not ready to be president of the United States because he lacks wisdom,” said McKee on Tuesday.
McKee added that Republican running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin “has more experience and leadership abilities that Barack Obama.”
What runs counter to conventional political wisdom is that McKee, a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention this week, is black.
As Obama’s campaign makes history as the nation’s first black presidential candidate, polls show more than 90 percent of black voters nationally plan to vote for Obama. But black Republicans attending the national convention will not.
